Center Director

Innovative Network of Knowledge; Roswell (GA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovative Network of Knowledge in Georgia is seeking a Center Director to lead a licensed Head Start child care center in Roswell. You will oversee staff, ensure safety, and coordinate services for families.

The role emphasizes adherence to state and federal standards, staff development, and community partnerships. Strong leadership, organizational skills, and a valid driver’s license are required.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising staff in a licensed childcare center or home.
• Experience in early childhood programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure staff protect the health and safety of children and never leave a child unsupervised.
• Hire, train, manage, and evaluate program personnel for quality improvement.
• Monitor compliance with state and federal standards and program policies.
• Maintain records and confidentiality of personnel, client, and incident files.
• Ensure practices keep children safe and report suspected abuse or neglect.
• Track center-wide child outcomes and quality measures including CLASS Pre-K.
• Support staff development and ongoing training; promote staff wellness.
• Monitor attendance and engage with families for case management.
• Engage families to identify needs and coordinate resources and referrals.
• Develop Family Service Plans and review progress with families.
• Coordinate community referrals to maximize resources and avoid duplication.
• Keep physical and electronic files current and organized.
• Maintain a hazard-free facility and timely incident reporting.
• Lead weekly staff meetings and prepare reports by deadlines.

Skills

Leadership

Courtesy

People acumen

Organize

Work independently

Cultural sensitivity

Head Start regs familiarity

Driver's license

Health exam

Background check

Travel up to 50%

Evenings/weekends work

Lifting up to 60 pounds

Education

High School diploma or GED or equivalency; Associate’s degree preferred

State Center Director certification within first 3 weeks

Child Development Certificate (CDA) required

Job description

It’s a great feeling to work for a company that does so much good for others around the world!

Academic Req:

Required - High School diploma, GED, or equivalency. Associate’s degree ispreferred.

Certifications:

(1) Ability to obtain State Center Director certification within the first three weeks ofemployment. (2) Applicant will be required to complete a Child Development Certificate (CDA) inthe age group that is most prevalent in the center they will lead. If items (1) and (2) are notsuccessfully completed on the first attempt, the employee may choose to retake the course at theemployee’s expense within 60 days of the unsuccessful completion of the course. If the employeedoes not seek a second attempt for successful completion of the certificate, the employee will beseparated from employment.

Work Experience:

Required - Experience in supervision of staff in a licensed childcare center or alicensed childcare home. Experience in early childhood programs is preferred.

Critical Action Items & Measurable Deliverables:

1. Ensure staff, consultants, contractors, and volunteers protect the physical and mental healthand safety of our children and no child is left alone or unsupervised while under our care in yourfacility. (HSPPS §1302.90)

2. Hire, train, manage, and evaluate program personnel to support individual staff professionaldevelopment and continuous program quality improvement. (HSPPS §1302.101)

3. Manage the delivery of high-quality program services that comply with state and federalstandards through implementation, monitoring, and feedback of program policies and procedures.(HSPPS §1302.100)

4. Monitor compliance of recordkeeping systems for all physical and electronic program files (e.g., personnel, client, accounting, and incident records), including compliance with confidentiality.(HSPPS §1302.101)

5. Ensure center staff (including contractors) follow appropriate practices to keep children safeduring all activities, including reporting at a minimum suspected or known child abuse and neglect,appropriate supervision of children at all times, and all standards of conduct. (HSPPS§1302.47,§1302.90)

6. Track and monitor child outcomes and quality assessment results on a center-wide basis,including compliance with positive adult-child interactions as measured by the CLASS: Pre-Kinstrument. (HSPPS§1304.16)

7. Support staff development, including completion of minimum training requirements as specified in state and federal standards (HSPPS §1302.92), continuing professional development, and staffwellness initiatives.

8. Monitor and address attendance for each assigned child, to include direct contact with parentsand intensive case management. (HSPPS §1302.16)

9. Engage families in a partnership that identifies needs, interests, strengths, goals, and servicesand resources that support family well-being, including safety, health, and economic stability.(HSPPS §1302.50, 1302.51)

10. Meet with families to establish Family Service Plans (FSP) and review individual progress,evaluate/revise goals, and provide resource referrals based on the urgency and intensity ofidentified needs and goals as applicable. (HSPPS §1302.52, 1302.53)

11. Coordinate new and existing community referrals to maximize resources and avoid duplicationof effort or services as applicable. (HSPPS §1302.52, 1302.53)

12. Ensure physical and electronic child files are current and organized.

13. Monitor facility to be certain it is free from physical and environmental hazards.

14. Report incidents within the timeframes designated in program policy and protocol.

15. Establish weekly staff meetings to ensure effective command, control, and coordination.

16. Prepare and submit reports prior to deadlines.

Other Responsibilities:

1. Provide timely communication as the first point of contact for the Head Start center for centerpersonnel, support staff, families, and community partners.
2. Analyze program, financial, and child data and make program development recommendations toprogram leadership team.
3. Participate in program efforts and events designed to actively inform, recruit, and engage familieswith eligible and/or enrolled children in the service area.
4. Ensure teachers understand, generate and document in-kind contributions from parents andothers and other allowable costs applied toward the non-federal share requirement.
5. Support development of grant applications, budgets, and required reports in accordance withINK and Office of Head Start timelines and criteria for composition.
6. Perform other job duties as assigned.

Requirements:

1. Leadership skills evident through professional presence and reinforcement of agency mission,vision, and culture to encourage passion, engagement, and accountability among center staff.
2. Courtesy and sensitivity when dealing with center staff, children, and parents, includingeffective management of difficult or emotional child and/or parent situations.
3. Strong people acumen, knowledge of human resources policy requirements, and personnelmanagement strategies.
4. Ability to organize and prioritize duties and responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
5. Ability to work independently in a flexible schedule including nights, holidays, and weekends.
6. Sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socio-economic characteristics.
7. Familiarity with applicable state and federal Head Start regulations, performance standards andguidelines.
8. Ability to work independently.
9. Possess a valid driver’s license
10. Complete and pass health examination
11. Confirm work eligibility status
12. Successfully pass driving history check
13. Clear criminal background check
14. Required to lift up to 60 pounds.
15. Required to stand, sit on the floor, bend, squat, kneel, lift children, and engage with children.
16. Exposure to communicable diseases, and other hazards such as cigarette smoke, pets, at riskneighborhoods, etc.
17. Travel up to 50% by car, bus, airplane, or train may also be required associated with attendance at conferences, meetings and other duties carried out at distant locations in and out of state and insome cases where some overnight travel may be required.
18. Some evenings and weekend work may occasionally be required for events such as home visits,parent teacher conferences, Parent Committee meetings, community, and social events such asfield trips.

INK is committed to following immunization recommendations produced by the U.S. Centers forDisease Control (CDC). As such, our company policy requires that all employees must receive anannual Influenza vaccination or obtain an approved exemption from INK, as a medical or religiousaccommodation. This is a condition of employment, and all new hires will be responsible forproviding proof.

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